sxs191

I read somewhere that in NY it's just a $25 fine. For $25 I am willing to risk not having one but I imagine by the time I am getting my 4th or 5th one the Mrs. might not be too happy. I have driven past plenty of cops who either don't want to bother or don't notice.

AORoads

check w. motor vehicle dept. it may not be the cost of the ticket, but court costs, filing fees, etc. which can drive a $25 ticket up to just shy of $100. you don't even have to ask me how I know..

bearphoto

I got a no front plate ticket on one of my saleen mustangs while parked in a parking lot. Pizzed me off!

Goatdad

20+ years ago in SoCal along with a tint ticket.

mitchydkid

I got a warning ticket a couple months ago. I plan on putting a plate on, but I am currently fabricating my own mount because I don't like any of the ones on the market.

My experience has been that the local jurisdictions I drive through don't care about the front plate, but the Texas DPS troopers do.

sxs191

UGH!. In that cast I think my wife will have my hide by the first one. Does putting it in the front windshield count? I have seen that done before. As for getting a ticket while parked, I guess I will have to make sure I park face first whenever possible.

Torchsport

I've had mine on the dash for nearly 2 years. While it's technically not legal, I have not been hassled by the law, so far.

marc8090

In the windshield is the same as not having it on at all. The law states something along the lines of "must be firmly mounted to the front of the car in a vertical position".

VCUFAN

I've been rolling the dice and I don't drive it much. I'll probably put one on after the first ticket. Not a huge fan of any of the options either.

Dado5

im in norcal and never had a front plate on any of my cars. Never had an issue with the law.

Rusler John

When I lived on Long Island, I got 3 warnings in a year by over zealous, but, benevolent L.E.O.'s. I finally got a TopFlight plate holder and mounted the front plate. It took me a while to get used to the look and now it doesn't bother me. I can't stand DMV problems at all. I had too many of them when I was younger. It's just a way for them to take my hard earned money and aggravate me. So, I complied!

Big Dan 427

Years of driving w/out a front plate in CT and NY, never a ticket but a warning once or twice...

ROD BROWN

(4)ickets in Southern Ca. @$50 each.I now have alegal front plate.

HarleyB

There was a famous MC officer in DT Seattle that was the scourge of no-front-plate "scofflaws"... Vettes, P-cars... all the cool car guys feared him. I got a ticket in my 911S when he was speeding by me going the opposite direction... he pulled a U turn that Hollywood would have loved.

I moved to AZ to get away from him. lol

Biggie G

I get em all the time here in Chicago, IL

I dont get pulled over for ee, it's when Im walking back to my car I see a ticket on my window.

Metermaids are viscious here.

basically I dont get tickets when Im parked in my garage.

csun213

I got tired of the no front plate problem here in Ca and didn't want to pay over $100 for the removable front plate mount sold by forum dealers here so I looked on eBay and purchased a removable front plate mount for $40.
It looks about the same as the $100 ones sold here. I just get the double side tape dirty and keep the license plate on the mount then put it in the trunk. I got stopped a couple of times for no front plate and I just showed the police that the double side tape gave away therefore it fell off. I am going to get a stronger double side tape to get it remounted. Both times I was let off with a "get the plate mounted soon" warning.

Biggie G

BTW, every thursday the meter walk thru the neighborhoods here in and issue ciatations for tints, plates etc

Steve_R

Haven't had front plates on 3 of our 4 vehicles here in CO for many years. No tickets or warnings. The only time I've heard of people here getting ticketed is when they're parked on the street in downtown Denver; the meter maids issue the tickets for revenue generation. It's a $25 ticket here so I'll continue to take my chances.

Bill Dearborn

It is a $50 fine but then you have to add the $85 surcharge that has been placed on all traffic violations since Cuomo came into office. That makes it a $135 ticket. I have been stopped a couple of times. Received a warning once and the other time the officer accepted my comment that I had the plate in the back of the car and could put it on right then. Told me to go to the nearest safe stopping area and put it on. He used the lack of a plate as an excuse to stop my Grandson who was driving the car with me in the passenger seat. We went through a lot of questions about what we were doing, why my Grandson slowed when the cop pulled out of the median in front of him, etc before he said "Oh, by the way the reason I stopped you is you don't have a front plate". That right there is a very good reason to have one on the car if the state requires it. Everything was in order except for the plate and we were sent on our way.

Bill

sikkvettec6

I live in here in CO and in my corvette I've never had an issue with the law. But way back in the day when I had my 05' neon srt4 I'd get pulled over all the time